épithélial
\e.pi.te.ljal\
The verdict
“épithélial” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est relatif à l’épithélium.
Corpus desk
Index FR-epithelial · épithélial · French
épithélial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "É" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | épithélial |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.pi.te.ljal\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « épithélial » en français
Rare enough to double-check
épithélial is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.pi.te.ljal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est relatif à l’épithélium.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for épithélial, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is épithélial, spelled É-P-I-T-H-É-L-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1Qui est relatif à l’épithélium.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how épithélial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La masse champignonneuse prolifère en même temps et bientôt elle forme autour de la papille une sorte de manchon. Les sporules s'insinuent en outre entre les cellules épithéliales les plus superficielles et les dissocient.
Nous avons étudié l’activité antiproliférative et antitumorale des dérivés du dextrane sur plusieurs lignées de cellules épithéliales mammaires humaines et tenté d’élucider leur mécanisme d’action.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.